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17 people have been reported killed in a Russian missile attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. More than fifty people were injured. After the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked the allies for air defense systems.
On Thursday (April 18), a report by Al-Jazeera, a Qatar-based media outlet, revealed this information.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for more help from Western allies, the report said. Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives has finally announced a vote on a massive new military aid package. This includes $61 billion in long-term military assistance. Zelensky welcomed such a move by President Joe Biden.
The city's mayor and officials said three missiles hit the city center, with an eight-story building in a densely populated area a direct hit. More than 60 people including three children were injured in this attack. News BBC.
Five residential buildings, a hospital, dozens of cars and a higher education institution were damaged in the attack, the office of the president of Kiev said. Chernihiv is located just 100 kilometers (60 mi) from the Russian border. At the start of the 2022 Russian invasion, Russia had occupied parts of the Chernihiv region for several weeks.
President Zelensky blamed Russia for the attack. At the same time, he said, Western countries should provide more support to Ukraine to resist Russian attacks.
He said that if Ukraine had enough air defense equipment and if the world had a firm resolve to counter Russian terrorist attacks, they could not have carried out such an attack. The city of Chernihiv is located approximately 145 kilometers (90 mi) north of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Before the war, the population of that city was about 285 thousand.
Meanwhile, emergency services said that 60 people, including three children, were injured in the Russian attack. The mayor of the city, Oleksandr Lomako, said that more than a dozen buildings were damaged by the fire. Dozens of vehicles and medical and educational institutions were also damaged, other officials said.
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